[fridif]

The only algorithm for hiring someone should be as follows:

if (candidate.canCode && !candidate.isAsshole) return true; return false;

[lifebeyondfife]

I agree with you, those are absolutely fundamental. The bar should be set higher though, especially for senior engineers.

https://benjiweber.co.uk/blog/2021/04/10/dont-hire-top-talen...

This is why I stress the importance of culture. I got into engineering because I loved coding, I loved problem solving, I loved writing programs and making things happen on the screen. It's so easy for the team sport aspect of software engineering to become a blindspot if it's something you're not interested in.

[zo1]

What about candidate.can_work_in_a_team? Or follows_requirements_instead_of_doing_their_own_thing? It's a huge problem and there are so many difficult personalities out there that one has to look at "culture" and personality.

[Yiin]

you clearly can not work in a team as the original codebase was in camel case and yet here you are pushing snake case. /s

[fridif]

are your requirements written as test cases? cause if so, there's no arguing about if the work is done or not

(except for performance requirements, sonar qube, etc)

[palerdot]

> What about candidate.can_work_in_a_team? Or follows_requirements_instead_of_doing_their_own_thing?

In a way, all these are part of `!candidate.isAsshole`